Healthcare provider | Patients using resource, n (%) | Mean resource consumption (% of all healthcare visits) | Mean (SD) medical costs | Median (IQR) medical costs |
Primary care (visits) | ||||
General practitioner | 31 (39) | 0.50 (4.6) | €17 (47) | €0 (0–17) |
Physical therapist | 67 (84) | 9.7 (88.2) | €320 (598) | €176 (33–355) |
Podiatrist | 18 (23) | 0.15 (1.4) | €23 (51) | €0 (0–0) |
Other* | 6 (8) | 0.27 (2.4) | €20 (94) | €0 (0–0) |
Secondary care (visits) | ||||
Sports medicine physician/orthopaedic surgeon | 22 (28) | 0.37 (3.4) | €36 (71) | €0 (0–42) |
Total | 10.8 (100)† | €415 (631) | €258 (131–480) |
Differences between healthcare visits/costs and total visits/costs are due to rounding off.
*Another healthcare provider (eg, osteopath, chiropractor or complementary medicine).
†Total median (IQR) annual healthcare visits was 9 (3–11).